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sobbed

sobbed is the simple past and past participle of sob.

Meaning of sob

Verb (1)

sob (third-person singular simple present sobs, present participle sobbing, simple past and past participle sobbed)

  1. (intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
    • She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
  2. (transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.
    • "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

Verb (2)

sob (third-person singular simple present sobs, present participle sobbing, simple past and past participle sobbed)

  1. To soak.
    • the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

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Questions about sobbed

What is sobbed the simple past and past participle of?
Sobbed is the simple past and past participle of sob.

Words near sobbed in the dictionary

  1. Sobal
  2. Sobalvarro
  3. Sobalvarros
  4. sobas
  5. sobat
  6. sobbed
  7. sobber
  8. sobbers
  9. sobbery
  10. sobbest
  11. sobbeth

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